Re: trouble with the STAR band

February 15, 2010

My little guy had the rotating problem with his StarBand as well. I asked right

away if it was fitting wrong and what could be done. Basically he said nothing,

and it's turned out to be fine. He did tell me a couple of things that helped

me to understand the conundrum that follows with the helmet. You have two

things going on... First, the makers of the helmet try to leave 25mm of space

all the way around (circumfrence) for their head to grow during the reshaping

process, which can sometimes leave unwanted room for it to shift (but he assured

me that it was fine, and it was). Also, he did say that because there was that

extra room, the helmet will tend to shift toward the flat spot, so for my Eli,

his helmet rotated toward his right which was the side of the flat spot. When

you looked at him straight on, it looked like the helmet was on a little

crooked, which then it would touch his ears. Eli's helmet never pushed hard

enough to pull the ears out away from his head though. If that's the case,

definately have an open conversation with your ortho about it.

To be really honest, this website has been so helpful, but it did make me a

little paranoid about what my little guy was going through. Sometimes you just

have to trust that it'll be alright, and in our case, it was fine. Trust your

gut and pursue any hesitations and remember that your orthotist should be on

your side so trust what they say.

Hope this helps and I'd love to hear an update on how things go.

Good luck,

Lindsey

(mom to Eli, 10 1/2 months, Starband 11.18.09-present)

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